Lin Fan's words were powerful and resonant!

Having personally experienced the brutal wars of the future, Lin Fan knew clearly what martial arts meant for humanity!

Deities had divine arts and followers.

But humans could only rely on their own strength!

Martial arts would be the sword for humanity to fight against the deities!

And the people before him were all heirs of major martial arts families or sects, who had been rigorously trained since childhood, and their martial arts skills had reached a state of perfection.

Decades of rigorous training had already opened up all their meridians, skipping the most difficult step of the Godslaying Demon-Exterminating Art.

You must know, it's not impossible for ordinary people to practice the Godslaying Demon-Exterminating Art. If it were possible, Lin Fan would have loved to teach the art to everyone in Great Xia on television, allowing everyone to possess the power to slay gods!

But the problem is.

The human body's meridians are too complex. For ordinary people to open them one by one would take at least half a year, and any slight mistake could lead to backlash.

Even Lin Fan, who had perfected the Godslaying Demon-Exterminating Art in his past life as the Supreme Commander of the Asian Alliance, took an entire night, enduring excruciating pain, to gradually open all his meridians.

These heirs of ancient martial arts, although they had always lived in a world without divine power and couldn't break through human limits no matter how they trained.

But their meridians were already open!

All they needed to do was absorb the divine power!

"Wait... divine power..." Dao Wanqian suddenly realized something was off. "You just said, absorb the divine power in the world... does that mean..."

"That's right." Lin Fan nodded. "Previously, Blue Star had no divine power."

"But now, those two Gods of the Ocean are breaking through Blue Star's plane barrier and have already opened a crack."

"In at most three months, they will descend upon Blue Star."

At this point, Lin Fan's words were slightly heavy, but he quickly changed his tone and continued.

"But precisely because of the crack they opened, the aura of the Divine Realm has entered our world, adding a trace of divine power to the air."

"This divine power is undetectable to ordinary people, but for you... it should be what your Taoism calls the essence of the sun and moon, what Confucianism calls Righteous Qi, and what Buddhism calls Compassionate Buddha Qi."

"It's also what other sects call inner force... different names, but in fact, they're all talking about divine power."

"And with this power, martial arts become true martial arts."

With Lin Fan's explanation, everyone present understood divine power.

Dao Wanqian nodded in realization: "So that's it, divine power is inner force... No wonder no matter how I trained before, I couldn't cultivate the inner force our ancestors mentioned in the texts."

"It seems those ancestors weren't exaggerating."

"Flying with a sword for thousands of miles, summoning thunder and lightning, refining pills to exorcise demons, these were all real... and the reason we couldn't do it wasn't that the predecessors were boasting, but because we lacked inner force!"

"The Diamond Sutra says, 'Without inner force, skills are like floating duckweed, mere appearance without roots.'" A white-robed monk beside him recalled the description in the scriptures and couldn't help but chant softly, "Amitabha, so it is. My Buddha had long informed me. Without the benefactor's guidance, this humble monk would still be blind to Mount Tai."

For a moment.

Everyone was excited.

They once thought martial arts had declined.

They once thought they, the heirs of ancient martial arts, had been eliminated by the times.

They also once thought those predecessors were deceiving them; otherwise, why couldn't they cultivate any inner force despite years of training according to the texts?

But now it seems.

They simply hadn't unleashed the true power of martial arts!

True martial arts.

Just like those predecessors recorded, when perfected, one could leap over roofs and walls or fly with a sword to slay enemies from afar!

With a body full of Righteous Qi, a word could move the laws of the world!

Buddha's light shining, the Diamond Sutra's wrathful gaze!

A body like Mo-Hidden, a sword like Starfall!

Mechanical dragons, hundred-meter puppets!

This is the true martial arts of Great Xia!

The crystallization of five thousand years, explored and innovated by generations of ancestors, how could it be mere showmanship?

For a moment.

These heirs of ancient martial arts were all stirred!

This is what ancient martial arts should be like!

"Does anyone now wish to learn the Godslaying Demon-Exterminating Art and join my Godslayer Army?" Seeing the atmosphere was just right, Lin Fan quickly got to the point.

At this moment, everyone was excited, and upon hearing Lin Fan's question, they all nodded.

"Of course, I do!" Wang Hu, the most hot-tempered, grabbed Lin Fan's hand. "It was my fault earlier, please don't mind, brother... but let me make it clear, after I join, you must teach me that Godslaying Art. And, I haven't read much, so you can't fool me. That Godslaying Art better be as you said, able to make my iron fists..."

"Alright, alright, Wang Hu." Dao Wanqian brushed Wang Hu aside with a flick of his dust whisk and said solemnly, "If what you say is true, and this Godslaying Demon-Exterminating Art can really help us revive the ancient martial arts, then we will naturally not hesitate!"

You must know.

These heirs of ancient martial arts, who thought they had been eliminated by the times, were always thinking about reviving the glory of ancient martial arts!

Now, why wouldn't they be willing?

"If this is true, my Mo-Hidden Starfall Sect is willing to join the Godslayer Army!"

"My Mohist Sect is also willing to join the Godslayer Army, to revive the puppet and mechanism arts of our ancestors!"

"To oppose the deities, hehe, interesting." Mo Buzhi of the Confucian Sect chuckled, stepping forward with a book in hand, "Then let the deities witness the Righteous Qi of a scholar!"

Only Dao Wanqian was slightly stunned: "Wait, since our ancestors cultivated inner force, does that mean... divine power once appeared in this world?"

These words left everyone stunned.

Lin Fan smiled: "That's right, there was a time when deities had already descended upon Great Xia."

"But those human heroes and mythological figures drove them away."

"And it was during that period that those human heroes used Eastern martial arts to fight the deities, making them dare not enter again!"

"It's just... now, they can't protect us temporarily."

"And we should protect them!"

Lin Fan didn't say one thing.

Actually, as the crack in the Divine Realm continues to expand, the scattered divine power on Blue Star will become more and more abundant.

Even without the Godslaying Demon-Exterminating Art, these heirs of ancient martial arts will gradually cultivate various inner forces.

The Godslaying Demon-Exterminating Art was actually specifically designed for ordinary people to absorb divine power, lowering the difficulty. But now, the divine power scattered in the air is too thin, so this Godslaying Demon-Exterminating Art has instead become a good method for these heirs of ancient martial arts to absorb divine power.

As for how to promote the Godslaying Demon-Exterminating Art in the future, Lin Fan already had an idea.

But for now, the focus still needed to be on these heirs of ancient martial arts who had already laid the foundation and just needed to absorb divine power into their bodies, because ordinary people would need at least half a year to lay the foundation.

And right now, what Great Xia lacked most was time!

"Alright, congratulations to all of you for becoming members of my Godslayer Army." Lin Fan said solemnly, "We'll talk about the enlistment procedures later. For now, everyone, sit cross-legged, close your eyes, and follow my guidance to circulate your inner breath!"

Only at this moment.

The first batch of members of the Godslayer Army finally enlisted.

The Godslayer Army, this blade to fight against the deities, was also beginning to take shape.

And just as Lin Fan was teaching these heirs of ancient martial arts the Godslaying Demon-Exterminating Art.

A wave of public opinion was already forming!

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